Sunday, September 27, 2009

Got the Atwood Itch?

Well, maybe the Atwood Chigger™ will help you scratch it. :D

The simple design of this cute little tool pays homage to the classic key ring screwdriver/pry tools of the past but adds a bottle opener and 5/16" wrench. The large 3/4" hex opening makes it easy to slip onto a keyring and helps provide grip. The Chigger™ is made of 5/32" thick CPM S30v steel, is 2.25" long and features a stone washed finish. These are $45 plus shipping.

My Atwood desk Safari has finally produced a trophy. I bagged this little Chigger at 6:16 AM Pacific time just as it poked it's little stone washed head out of the nest. I think I will just hang it on the wall in the trophy room and admire it from time to time.

Yawn!! I just woke up and scored an Awtood, looks to be a promising Sunday! Dang this one is going to have to fight off the mini + XL for a spot on the S4 key ring!!Thanks Peter!!(Peter we need Knifes!!!!Knife lotto!!Knife Lotto!!!)

This is getting way out of hand for me. Another Atwood to the collection. Blasted XL has not even arrived yet!Peter, do me favor, take a long vacation. Take your camera and photograph the foliage, read a book, clean the shop, anything so I can recoup some cash!If my wife sees another "Priority Mail" in the box, well..."gulp"..

Just got off the phone with my girlfriend ... she also got one! Interestingly, we each intended to give the one we bought to each other as a surprise gift. Now if that ain't romance, I don't know what is! Today is already turning out to be a damn good day.

Man! I checked the site RIGHT before this went up and didn't check again until after they were all sold out! Man!!! That's okay- maybe next time...care to give us a hint as to when the next item will go up, Peter? You know you want to!

Mine arrived today as well, and it's a brilliant design, superior to the Mini as a bottle opener: the leverage point is closer to the middle of the bottle cap than to the far edge, and the ring is easier to grip than the flat stock of the mini. My new favorite. :-)

My bottle opener takes at least 2 and sometimes 3 attempts before it pops the top. Am I missing something, or is this normal. It almost seems like the metal is soo hardened it slips rather than bites the bottlecap.